GE Rolls Out Patient Portal
Thursday, February 16, 2012 | Government Health IT
GE Healthcare plans to demonstrate an online service which aims to help patients operate in what the company calls “an increasingly self-service climate, at the HIMSS meeting.
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Project Puts Records in the Patients' Hands
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 | New York Times
New York Times
Jan. 10, 2012
Roni Caryn Rabin
“Project Puts Records in the Patients’ Hands”
This article is about Open Notes, a research collaboration project that has set out to answer the question of who really owns a patient’s medical records.
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ONCHIT Challenges You to Submit Your Video
Monday, January 09, 2012 | U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced today a nationwide, open call for entries in the Healthy New Year Video Challenge, highlighting personal stories of patients and families using health technology to improve health.
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A woman's Facebook PHR saved her life
Monday, February 07, 2011 | Maria Kovell
A recent story of how a doctor used information on Facebook to save a woman's life caused me to wonder how my own personal health record, and of those I care about,
would fare in an emergency situation.
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My Invaluable PHR
Monday, November 22, 2010 | Gina Saikin
My PHR is not on a server, but rather in my computer and on a thumb drive. It has been an invaluable tool for the last five years.
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I learned that a PHR saves time, energy, and money. And it saved my life!
Monday, June 08, 2009 | Marilyn Render
Maintaining a personal health record (PHR) is the key to my existence today. My PHR experience started in the early 1970’s. My parents were diligent about keeping comprehensive and up-to-date files and medical records for me, due to a near medical error as a child. I was almost given the wrong medication by the physician in an emergency situation.
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